From ritual to romance by Jessie L Weston(
Book
)109
editions published
between
1920
and
2017
in
5
languages
and held by
2,472 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A study of the Grail legend explores the saga's Gnostic roots and its relationship to ancient nature cults that associated
the physical condition of the king with the productivity of the land

The quest of the Holy Grail by Jessie L Weston(
Book
)46
editions published
between
1913
and
2011
in
English
and held by
1,167 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Twenty years of Arthurian scholarship are distilled in this 1913 study of one of the Western world's most enduring symbols.
Was the Holy Grail the cup Jesus drank from at the Last Supper? The vessel in which Joseph of Arimethea received the blood
of Christ? Or was it something else? Weston argues that the Grail legend is actually nature worship passed on as mystery and
tradition

Romance, vision & satire; English alliterative poems of the fourteenth century by Jessie L Weston(
Book
)29
editions published
between
1912
and
2011
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
706 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The richness and beauty of medieval English poetry comes alive in this collection of fourteenth-century poems rendered into
modern verse by the scholar Jessie L. Weston. These poems, including the classics Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Morte
Arthure, are extraordinarily good tales, told extraordinarily well, of an era long past

The chief Middle English poets by Jessie L Weston(
Book
)6
editions published
between
1914
and
1968
in
English
and held by
549 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

The legends of the Wagner drama : studies in mythology and romance by Jessie L Weston(
Book
)31
editions published
between
1896
and
2012
in
English and German
and held by
465 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The groundbreaking operas of Richard Wagner (1813 1883) changed the nature of the form. In Legends of the Wagner Drama, Weston
examines the relationship of Wagner's grand operas including Der Ring des Nibelungen, or the Ring cycle, and Parsifal to the
literary and legendary sources upon which they were founded

King Arthur and his knights; a survey of Arthurian romance by Jessie L Weston(
Book
)32
editions published
between
1899
and
2011
in
English
and held by
379 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This brief 1899 introduction to the study of Arthurian literature, penned by folklorist Jessie L. Weston has long been a favorite
introduction to the subject for scholars and young students. Fourth in the series Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance and
Folklore

Romance, vision & satire by Jessie L Weston(
Book
)5
editions published
between
1912
and
2010
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
280 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Morien by Jessie L Weston(
Book
)19
editions published
between
1901
and
2015
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
277 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A portion of a Perceval romance known only in this metrical version which forms part of the so-called Dutch Lancelot

Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys by Jessie L Weston(
Book
)13
editions published
between
1907
and
2015
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
256 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A Medieval Poem about Courage and Courtesy"And wonder, dread and war / have lingered in that land / where loss and love in
turn / have held the upper hand." - Jessie L. Weston, Sir Gawain and the Green KnightA Green Knight challenges everyone at
the Round Table to cut off his head. Sir Gawain, the nephew of King Arthur, accepts the challenge and manages to decapitate
the knight. What comes next surprises everybody: the Green Knight rises, picks up his head and warns Sir Gawain that next
year it will be his turn. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen
generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

Sir Gawain at the Grail Castle by Jessie L Weston(
Book
)15
editions published
between
1903
and
1995
in
English
and held by
255 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Parzival : a knightly epic by Wolfram(
Book
)12
editions published
between
1894
and
2014
in
3
languages
and held by
215 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

The Volsunga saga by Eiríkr Magnússon(
Book
)13
editions published
between
1906
and
2008
in
English
and held by
211 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This 1907 volume contains The Volsunga Saga translated from the Icelandic into English. It is one of the many translations
of the Norse legends published by William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon